$14M Jury Award for Protesters Comes As Other Cities Face Similar Policing Lawsuits April 5, 2022 By Colleen Slevin A federal jury’s $14 million award to Denver protesters hit with pepper balls and a bag filled with lead during...
Baltimore, Businesses Settle for $3.5M Over Freddie Gray Unrest March 31, 2022 The city of Baltimore has reached a $3.5 million settlement with a group of business owners whose property was damaged...
Taxi Driver Shot by Off-Duty Officer Settles With New York County for $2M March 10, 2022 A cab driver who was wounded by an off-duty police officer in a 2011 road-rage shooting has settled his lawsuit...
Rochester Settles Wrongful Termination Claim by Ex-Police Chief March 2, 2022 Rochester’s ex-police chief La’Ron Singletary will receive $75,000 from the City of Rochester after he sued the city for wrongful...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Kentucky Fatal Police Shooting February 25, 2022 A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a northern Kentucky police department after two officers fatally shot an armed...
Massachusetts Town’s Former Police Officer Alleges Sexual Orientation Discrimination February 10, 2022 A former Brimfield, Mass. police officer has filed a lawsuit claiming the town’s board members discriminated against him when they...
Pennsylvania Township Reported to Settle Police Shooting Lawsuit for $950K February 4, 2022 ALLENTOWN, Pa. —The family of a New Jersey man shot and killed by a police officer near an eastern Pennsylvania...
Town Not Liable in Drowning of Handcuffed Teen, Says Delaware Court February 3, 2022 By Randall Chase A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling that police in a small southern Delaware town had no constitutional...
Philadelphia Sued by Man Exonerated After 37 Years in Prison January 31, 2022 By Maryclaire Dale A Philadelphia man freed after 37 years in prison in a case tainted by perjured testimony accused the city of...
Police Officer’s Immunity Does Not Extend to New York County Employer: U.S. Court January 27, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A municipality in New York may be held liable for wrongful action by an employee even though the employee was...